English citations of drouging

  • 1787 September 1st, The Annual Regiſter, or A View of the Hiſtory, Politics, and Literature: For the Year 1787. (volume XIX, 1789), “Chronicle”, ‘October’, «Authentic extract of a letter from a gentleman in Dominica, to his correſpondent in London, dated September 1, 1787.», pages 222–223:
    [“…] The ſecond gale or hurricane began at ten o’clock in the forenoon of the 23d, and continued with unabating fury till eight in the evening; the wind ſhifting from the north to the ſouth, which caſt on the ſhore another Guinea ſhip that was conſigned to this iſland, three brigs, and all the drouging veſſels belonging to the iſland; and the damage done to the country is much more than I can inform you of. […”]